The WAR National League All-Star Team

Oh and a quick reminder: these rosters will be made up of the players with the top WAR value; two at each infield position, six outfielders, six starting pitchers, and six relief pitchers. To qualify for these rosters the player must have a minimum of 200 plate appearances at the Major League level. Included in these posted rosters, I will be posting the player’s triple slash lines….and FIPs for the Pitchers.

Player Name

Team

AVG/OBP/SLG

WAR

Catcher

Yadier Molina

Cardinals

.343/.388/.485

4.0

Buster Posey

Giants

.316/.391/.531

3.9

First Basemen

Paul Goldschmidt

Diamondback

.311/.390/.560

3.9

Joey Votto

Reds

.318/.431/.506

3.6

Second Basemen

Matt Carpenter

Cardinals

.322/.394/.503

4.3

Brandon Phillips

Reds

.264/.317/.411

1.9

Third Basemen

David Wright

Mets

.308/.403/.517

4.7

Matt Carpenter

Cardinals

.322/.394/.503

4.3

Short Stop

Everth Cabrera

Padres

.296/.373/.405

3.5

Ian Desmond

Nationals

.280/.326/.496

3.3

Outfielders

Carlos Gomez

Brewers

.303/.345/.544

4.9

Carlos Gonzolez

Rockies

.302/.367/.613

4.1

Andrew McCutchen

Pirates

.303/.376/.465

4.0

Starling Marte

Pirates

.289/.339/.458

3.3

Shin-Soo Choo

Reds

.277/.418/.455

2.7

Dexter Fowler

Rockies

.291/.390/.473

2.6

PITCHERS

Player Name

Team

FIP

WAR

Starting Pitchers

Adam Wainwright

Cardinals

2.12

4.7

Matt Harvey

Mets

2.17

4.3

Clayton Kershaw

Dodgers

2.62

3.6

Cliff Lee

Phillies

2.98

3.1

Homer Bailey

Reds

2.85

2.9

Mat Latos

Reds

2.96

2.8

Relief Pitchers

Jason Grilli

Pirates

1.28

1.7

Mark Melancon

Pirates

1.65

1.5

Bobby Parnell

Mets

2.16

1.3

Trevor Rosenthal

Cardinals

1.97

1.3

Aroldis Chapman

Reds

2.39

1.0

Sergio Romo

Giants

2.21

1.0

One thing that immediately jumped out to me, the NL WAR values seem higher for the All-Star team roster…we shall find out in our next post if that’s a legit assumption. That being said, the NL Roster seems a lot more predictable than the American League one. Maybe that’s because the NL teams that are well represented are the players from the teams that are…you know, winning their divisions.